Kulkarni, Ameya
Carrion-Martinez, Ivan
Jiang, Nan N.
Puttagunta, Srikanth
Ruo, Leyo
Meyers, Brandon M.
Aziz, Tariq
van der Pol, Christian B. http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1718-2619
Article History
Received: 18 September 2019
Revised: 23 October 2019
Accepted: 8 November 2019
First Online: 17 January 2020
Compliance with ethical standards
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: The scientific guarantor of this publication is Dr. Christian B van der Pol.
: Dr. Meyers serves as an advisor for Amgen, Astra-Zeneca, Celgene, Eisai, Ipsen, Shire, Sentrex Health, and Taiho; Dr. Meyers provides expert testimony for and receives travel stipends from Eisai; Dr. Meyers performs research funded by Celgene and Sillajen. The remaining co-authors have no conflicts of interest to declare. The authors who analyzed the study data are Ameya Kulkarni, Ivan Carrion-Martinez, Srikanth Puttagunta, and Christian B van der Pol; none of whom is employed by or consultants for a company in the medical industry.
: Two of the authors, Dr. Nancy Jiang and Dr Christian B van der Pol, have significant statistical expertise.
: Written informed consent was waived by the Institutional Review Board.
: Institutional Review Board approval was obtained.
: • retrospective• diagnostic or prognostic study• performed at one institution